Deserialization in Nerdpressteam Hubbub Lite – Fast, Free Social Sharing And Follow Buttons
CVE-2024-2501
The Hubbub Lite – Fast, Reliable Social Sharing Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.33.1 via deserialization of untrusted input via the 'dpsp_maybe_unserialize' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-2501?
- CVE-2024-2501 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nerdpressteam Hubbub Lite – Fast, Free Social Sharing And Follow Buttons, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-04-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-2501?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-2501 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.